Items tagged with 'Charles Steinmetz'

Even geniuses need a nap now and then

posted May 2, 2014
charles steinmetz on a rock in thompson's lake

We were browsing through the local collections of historical photos on the New York Heritage site week when we came across this photo of Charles Steinmetz on a rock in Thompson's Lake (out by what is now Thacher State Park). The picture dates to 1894.

Steinmetz -- a genius engineer who worked for GE in Schenectady -- is easily one of the most interesting figures in Capital Region history. He was also, by many accounts, quite a character.

Here are a bunch of other Steinmetz photos from the digital archive.

Update: The locally-produced documentary Divine Discontent: The Life of Charles Proteus Steinmetz, is set to run again on WMHT this Sunday at 3 pm, and next Tuesday at 8 pm.

photo via miSci and the Steinmetz Digital Collection of Schenectady

Earlier: The Wizard of Schenectady

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